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Two people fatally shot in murder-suicide on Penn State University branch campus New York Daily News Two dead in apparent murder-suicide at Penn State Beaver; no ongoing threat Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2 People, Not Students, Reportedly Killed in Murder-Suicide at Penn State Satellite Campus PEOPLE.com Full coverage

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